N-Patrol Commercial DVR system, User Manual

Page 1: ...N Patrol Commercial DVR system USER S GUIDE FOR SOFTWARE VERSION 5 X v1 1...

Page 2: ...tup 37 3 7 User management 39 4 System play back 41 4 1 Enter play back mode 41 4 2 Select play back channel 42 4 3 Capture picture 42 4 4 Create clip file 43 4 5 Search captured picture 45 4 6 Fast s...

Page 3: ...nel video Real time high speed recording Max 30 frames sec per channel Synchronized audio recording optional Motion detection Whole area or max 12 detection zones per channel Normal recording continuo...

Page 4: ...the main window will display later the time varies depending on how many channels you have each channel needs about 4 5s If the DVR s auto startup shortcut has been deleted from the startup menu pleas...

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Page 6: ...Lock DVR Locks keyboard and mouse preventing unauthorized u 1 sers to operate the system 2 Minimize button minimizes the main window 3 Exit program Click this exit button and the following dialog box...

Page 7: ...king Log When this button is clicked the user that is logged onto the system may enter particular notes using the keyboard This is useful for documenting events that occur during the operator s shift...

Page 8: ...eps a record of system events such as shutdown camera setup ges chan program startup and shutdown and both Operator and System Administrator s daily activities according to time and date One can searc...

Page 9: ...used Any activity within the green bordered areas will trigger recording Depending on the reaction method alarms may be generated along with electronic map icons flashing in al mode Click the TEST mod...

Page 10: ...inted by the arrow You can also change the digital map as shown below 2 is triggered the map will appear automatically and the sensor will be marked Click this button it has to be set as map enable an...

Page 11: ...ensor or time period This function is useful in an emergency where a quick action is required 15 Manual record button on off Allows users to record manually any camera regardless 16 of its recording m...

Page 12: ...Panel Displays the network configurations of the system Hardware information IP address of the system Subnet Mask Net Gate When client computers are linked their IP addresses will be displayed here N...

Page 13: ...Camera s auto iris closing it and darkening the image Focus Overrides the auto focus setting of the PTZ camera allowing one to further focus the image Focus Overrides auto focus in the camera and all...

Page 14: ...domes to desired places using the f button Then click the space for the address and input the address with the numeric keypad take 3 as an example here Finally press the button set and the point for 3...

Page 15: ...ust the image brightness contrast hue saturation and the volume corresponding to the associated connected cameras 21 Matrix Display panel This panel includes the matrix group and the display Group Eac...

Page 16: ...N Patrol Commercial DVR Manual 22 Digital Input Output Control Manually control digital input output relays N Patrol Technologies Inc www npatrol com 16...

Page 17: ...enter into the N Patrol system set up mode The N Patrol System Configuration and Set Up includes 7 types of configurations System set up Camera set up Sensor set up PTZ Alarm set up Email Notificatio...

Page 18: ...stem parameter a Total number of channels on your DVR b Total number of sensors DI c Total number of alarms DO d Enable Disable audio monitoring e Select to display Electronic Map or not when there is...

Page 19: ...the Log file j Select recording mode when there is not enough free Hard Drive space If Overwrite Data is selected the DVR systems will auto delete the recorded data of the earliest day when there is n...

Page 20: ...ernet Explorer The default web server port is 80 if you need to change it you should add the port number when visiting the server s video URL through Internet Explorer E g http 69 112 24 127 86 select...

Page 21: ...put the name description for the DNS Server identification i DNS server host IP j DNS server host port provided to connect DNS software k Automatic Interval connection time NOTE The alarm auto connect...

Page 22: ...4 V i s i t N P a t r o l D V R 3 Get the current IP of N Patrol DVR 2 R e g i s t e r d y n a m i c I P i n D N S S e r v e r...

Page 23: ...4 N Patrol clients visit the DVR through the IP to get from the DNS server For stability purpose the system can be set to restart automatically a Exit to windows desktop b Exit and shut down the comp...

Page 24: ...easy identification c Select the camera type from the drop down list There are 2 types of cameras PAL and NTSC Select one according to where you live In North America NTSC is the standard d Enable or...

Page 25: ...is D1 is a not a real D1 it is actually 4CIF digitally enlarged to D1 The system will select frame rate automatically usually 12 15f s h Select image size to be transmitted to the client side When Sam...

Page 26: ...t the 3rd camera s data is already 10 days the system will delete it first So even if you set the 3rd camera to record data over 10 days but it s less than 10 days it is possible that the system will...

Page 27: ...your needs NOTE If you setup groups with conflicting cameras then only the last setup will work a Select a group number b Select the cameras that have the same work mode to group c Select the start ti...

Page 28: ...en it detects a moving object e g Mon Click the Motion Detect icon and then select your schedule time by drag drop For example the above picture means Monday is motion detection record Sunday is norma...

Page 29: ...port or not c Enter the description for easy identification d Select the linkage Speed Dome preset No Speed Dome will auto move to this preset No when there is an alarm Requires Speed Dome installed e...

Page 30: ...is off Do Not Stop means the system doesn t stop an alarm after the sensor is off Wait means the system will stop the alarm after the time you set e Add sensor to the selected group f Select which ca...

Page 31: ...r at this time 00 30 to 12 00 in Sun to Fri b Do Not Check gray DVR System doesn t respond to sensor at these times NOTE If you setup the groups with a conflicting camera then only the last setup is g...

Page 32: ...ally has a bank of dip switches that allow you to set the PTZ address Both the PTZ camera ID number and the selected number in this box need to match e Select PTZ Baud rate for the PTZ camera f PTZ Po...

Page 33: ...the order sent out is 1 which is different from the real address the device will not function At this time you should set the address number as 2 a DO Port Name Enter a description for the DO Port If...

Page 34: ...m doesn t respond to Motion Detection at this time NOTE 1 The time setting must correspond with the Motion Detect time of the CAMERA SETUP otherwise it will not work correctly 2 Check Alarm Setting do...

Page 35: ...address E g mail yourdomain com b SMTP TCP s port for the connection request c To login to the mailbox the operator will select the SMTP authentication type The operator can select simple login d Mail...

Page 36: ...ss c The operator s email address d When there is an alarm the system will grab a picture and the operator can choose to send the picture as an attachment e Operator can select which cameras send emai...

Page 37: ...play mode There are 16 groups in total b Matrix video out channel How many channels depends on the Matrix Decoder Card c Matrix video out standard PAL or NTSC d Time Interval in which each window show...

Page 38: ...isplay mode The split mode is the same as the main window s display split mode 1 4 9 12 16 20 25 28 33 36 40 49 partition c After selecting video split mode there will be a corresponding display video...

Page 39: ...Password Protected mode and activate the lock button in the main window Only authorized users can log into the N Patrol System b Select the user to modify from the drop down list c Input new User ID i...

Page 40: ...the same as View Camera c User Access Rights Select operational tasks granting or denying rights Operational tasks are normally reserved for administrative or privileged accounts Operators are rarely...

Page 41: ...N Patrol Commercial DVR Manual 4 System play back 4 1 Enter play back Mode In main the window click the playback button to enter the playback window N Patrol Technologies Inc www npatrol com 41...

Page 42: ...mber to search the camera TIPS Select one window the 1st one is default number and playback will begin Different colors will show information of all cameras You can see all kinds of records as well as...

Page 43: ...N Patrol Commercial DVR Manual 4 4 Create clip file Click the create clip button to enter the window of create clip file N Patrol Technologies Inc www npatrol com 43...

Page 44: ...ime end time file size resolution frame rate etc c Playback control button d Quick channel change e Set the beginning position and end position of the file the file attribute on the left will show the...

Page 45: ...trol Commercial DVR Manual i Click to Search for a file 4 5 Search captured picture Click the search images button to enter the search window a Directory list N Patrol Technologies Inc www npatrol com...

Page 46: ...d picture e Modify Image f Undo changes to the modified picture g Print picture When the image is wider than 400 pixels it will be printed smaller Otherwise it will be enlarged h Magnify function High...

Page 47: ...year of search data 4 7 Camera state Click the cameras button to show the cameras state If the number is bright it means there is recorded data Sync Video When you are have more than one camera playi...

Page 48: ...u can specify an area on the image when playback occurs NOTE 1 If the Sync Video button is clicked when running a smart search the system will end it 2 The sensitivity of the smart search acts the sam...

Page 49: ...ress this button then single click the left mouse button on an image quarter of the image will be enlarged Afterwards single click the right mouse button on the image and it will go back to its origin...

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Page 51: ...have been registered in the client click OK and enter the playback UI Remote Playback mode is almost the same as the Local Playback The only difference is that the Create Clip feature is added During...

Page 52: ...ton the following dialog box appears Click OK to quit the N Patrol client end 4 Enter setup 5 Enter playback mode Allows users to enter playback mode and search for recorded video audio from the local...

Page 53: ...server Sound card with mic input should be used If there is no sound card on either side the chat will not work 11 Split Screen The window display mode of the main screen There are many types of the...

Page 54: ...hoose any group to connect the 25 windows You can also click to connect all of them When connected the number buttons will be bright 16 The DVR List lets you select a camera from a specified server 17...

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Page 56: ...elect the number of cameras being used e Server s port f Use DNS to get IP or not If the server end has a dynamic IP address you need use DNS to get the server s IP g When the client wants to connect...

Page 57: ...gets this information it will play it Continuality is good using this method but it takes up much more CPU space If there is no information loss when encoding and sending the playback will be realtime...

Page 58: ...s button to enter the following section a Select the window you wish to change the settings for b Use this if you wish to use the same settings for another window or all windows TIPS One block means h...

Page 59: ...agement in this window If you use this function you will have to input the user name and password and set up the corresponding rights User rights setup Choose a user and assign the corresponding right...

Page 60: ...he record quality is better the quality of the remote image will be better Naturally the data will be bigger and the space taken up by the CPU will be larger and the frames per second shown could be r...